economies, which has coincided with an increase in intra-country income inequality, both within and between skill groups. This … article surveys the key mechanisms of the globalization-inequality relationship. Four strands of literature are reviewed … generate most of the observed facts on trade and inter-skill group inequality, but also between unequally talented workers …

We apply a standard tax and benefit incidence analysis to estimate the impact on inequality and poverty of direct taxes … extent of inequality reduction induced by direct taxes and transfers is rather small (2 percentage points on average … and Brazil from achieving similar reductions in inequality is not the lack of revenues but the fact that they spend less …

Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), both income inequality and poverty are considered for … the crisis – in 2009 – inequality dropped, and it increased afterwards. Poverty was not affected very much by economic …

disposable income inequality and poverty rose markedly between 2006 and 2009 primarily due to the launching of a noncontributory …

We review the theoretical and empirical economic literature upon income inequality in emerging countries. We firstly … display rather conflicting results. Most cross-country studies find a weak impact of globalization on income inequality. In … correlation between openness and the relative demand for skill and inequality. These apparently conflicting findings reflect the …

We review the literature on the links between inequality, growth and welfare. Three questions are addressed: 1) What is … the impact of growth and development on inequality? 2) What is the impact of inequality on growth, development and welfare … impact of inequality on growth is twofold. Firstly, inequality fosters growth when this is based on capital accumulation, but …

inequality and poverty overall or along ethnic and rural-urban lines. Persistently low tax revenues are the main limiting factor …

To analyse the globalization-inequality relationship, we extend the North-South HOS model by assuming (i) that the size … three phases of globalization, corresponding to different production patterns and to specific changes in inequality in the … North and in the South. In the North, inequality continuously increases and unskilled workers purchasing power continuously …

Taxes and transfers can have significant impacts on poverty and inequality. All standard measures are by definition … transfers can lower inequality and poverty (including the severity of poverty) but still make a subgroup of the poor worse off … when standard poverty and inequality indicators decline and overall taxes are progressive. …